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SCA: security update for ckeditor4 (GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420051

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to
 paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).
 (CVE-2021-26272)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420051

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26272

IAVA: 2021-A-0483

cwe: CWE-829